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0 Islam as religion and community –Key tenets of Islamic worship (5 pillars) –Role of scripture (Qur’an) –Legal system (shari’a) –Important religious institutions (clerics, schools) –Variations in Islamic practice (Sectarian differences and mysticism) Umayyad dynasty –Founded by Ali’s successor, Mu’awiya. –661-750 AD in Damascus –Quashed a revolt by Ali’s son Husayn (680) at Karbala, Iraq—built up Shi’ism Abbasid dynasty –Lasted 500 years (750-1258), based in a new city, Baghdad –Moved away from conquests and into consolidation, building a bureaucracy, etc. –Not Arab exclusivist like the Umayyads, but gave equal treatment to Muslims –Early years were politically stable and very prosperous Islam and key Islamic dynasties

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1 Fatimids –Founded by Shi’a missionaries in North Africa Seljuks –Turkish tribes moving Westward –Took Iran, and then took control of Baghdad (1055) Crusades –4 Latin kingdoms established in the Eastern Mediterranean –11 th and 12 th centuries; lasted about 200 years Almoravids and Almohads in Morocco –Based in Marrakech from about 1000-1300 AD –Expanded over much of North Africa The fury of the Mongols –Ravaged Eastern Islamic civilization in the 13 th century –Sacked Baghdad (1258) –Sacked Iran, Damascus (around 1400) The Middle East in the Middle Ages

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2 Mughals –Based in Northern India Safavids –Based in Persia from 1500s-1736 –Historical development –Structure –Decline Ottomans –Based in Anatolia from the 15 th century up to WWI –Historical development –Structure –Administration of Arab regions –Why did the Ottoman Empire endure so successfully? Saadians and Alawites –Based in present day Morocco and southward –Alawites emerged in the 1600s and still rule Morocco The Rise of Middle Eastern Empires

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3 European encroachments on the Ottoman Empire –Economic capitulations (starting in 1536) allowed European merchants the right of free trade in Ottoman ports and gave merchants European legal jurisdiction –European revolts –Russian expansion –Balance of power struggles over the Ottoman Empire (Britain/France vs. Russia) –Extension of European capital; accumulation of debt to European powers –Dismantlement of Ottoman European territory at the Congress of Berlin—1878 Internal Ottoman challenges –Loss of control over the Janissary corps –Nepotism and incompetent leadership –Increasing autonomy in the reaches of the empire –Decline in revenue generation (siphoned off by other rulers) –Began to fall behind technologically Pressures for reform

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4 Muhammad Ali’s Egypt (1805-1848): essentially independent from Istanbul –Reaction to a French invasion of Egypt in 1798 –Led a state-sponsored Europeanization program; imperial expansion; industrialization –Wanted independence from the Ottomans –Centralized authority, based at the top Ottoman attempts at reform –Bring in European military advisors –Create new army corps (nizam-i jedid), which alienated the janissaries –Open embassies in Europe –Attempts to centralize the state –Tanzimat reforms (1839-1876): led by Europeanized Ottoman bureaucrats Attempts at reform

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6 Early colonial impact –Context of a rush to colonize Africa and Asia by competing Western European states –French landed early in Algeria in 1830; Tunisia (1881) and Morocco (1912) would be incorporated to a lesser degree later –Britain annexed Aden (1839), signed treaties with Persian Gulf sheikhdoms and took over foreign policy for Bahrain (1880), Muscat (1891), Kuwait (1899) –British intervention in Egypt to resolve Egyptian debt crisis and control the Suez –Continued pressure by Russia on Ottoman territory as Russia sought to expand French occupation of Algeria –French landed at Algiers in 1830 to punish the military ruler of Algiers –Revolt of Abdul Qader against Ottomans & French in the in the interior: 1830s-1848 –100,000 European settlers by 1845—native population was dying of war and plague –Revolt in the Kabyle region in 1871 British occupation of Egypt –Until WWI the relationship between Britain and Egypt was essentially a protectorate –Led by Lord Cromer 1883-1907 who built Egypt’s economic system –Parallel forms of government—traditional Ottoman civil service with little power compared to British colonial officials and advisors –Khedive Tawfiq (accommodative) and his son Abbas II (early nationalist) The colonial encounter

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7 Uprising in the Sudan –Conquered in the 19 th century by Muhammad Ali and administered by Egyptians –The Mahdi led a rebellion against Egyptian occupation from 1881-1898 –Britain was nervous about the French taking the Sudan in the scramble for Africa, and took control in 1898 Tunisia/Morocco –Spiraling debt to Europeans in Tunisia led to foreign powers taking over Tunisia’s finances in 1868 –Tunisian protectorate, with dual government (Ottoman legacy + colonial) –Morocco tried to balance between French and British influence –Europeans settled in trading cities (Tangier, Casablanca) –French protectorate over Morocco established late in the game (1912) Libya –Italians invaded, encouraged by the Congress of Berlin (1878) –Had originally bought large tracts of land, but due to competition from the Germans, they invaded; both Turkish and Sanusi resistance initially failed Other colonial efforts

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8 How did the Middle East respond to these colonial intrusions? –Last strong Ottoman Sultan (Abdul Hamid II 1876-1909) tried to move the Ottoman Empire back to focus on its Islamic identity (Osmanlilik) –Renewed focus on the broader Islamic ummah –Rural Islamic doctrinal movements grew: Wahhabis Sanusi order Mahdiyya –Key Islamic thinkers interpreted what was going on: Al-Afghani: Islam had fallen into decadence and stagnation; push for pious and uncorrupted leaders Muhammed Abduh: salafiyya movement; return to the ancestral model for piety and Islamic community, but balanced with human reason –Arabs as the true stewards of Islam Middle Eastern responses to colonial intrusion

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9 Iran –Had comparatively little contact with the West during the 19 th century –Chaotic period in the 18 th century after the fall of the Safavids –The Qajar dynasty that emerged never had strong central control over the territory –Very independent Shi’a religious establishment –Qajar monarchs moved the capital from Isfahan to Tehran but had little legitimacy and a small army to maintain control –Less affected by European pressure and initiated European style reforms late –British secured economic capitulations (1857-) –Tobacco protest (1891) –By 1907, the British and Russians agreed a division of influence over Iran Ottoman Empire –Increasing focus on building transportation networks and school systems –Increasing focus on building military capabilities and ties with Germany –Tight control over any form of political activity or criticism –Armenian nationalist revolt (1890s) and harsh suppression –Nationalist revolt in Crete (1897) that led to declaration of war by Greece –Young Turk revolt Early 20 th century revolts and the end of the Ottomans